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Driving Question:
Driving Question:
Standard(s): S7L3.c Ask questions to gather and synthesize information about the ways humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms through selective breeding. (Clarification statement: The element specifically addresses artificial selection and the ways in which it is fundamentally different from natural selection.)
Objective of the Project: How funding for genetics research should be distributed? The students will choose between 3 topics (Cloning, Genetically engineered food, & Designer Babies), and create a persuasive presentation (Powerpoint, poster, speech), arguing their agreed upon position on how they think the funding should be distributed.
Project Product(s): Create a persuasive presentation (Powerpoint, poster, or speech)
Project Timeline:
Project Timeline:
Entry Event: Readers Theater: How the Elephant got its Trunk
What We Knew:
What We Knew:
We knew that artificial selection is the process of humans selecting desired traits in plants and animals to benefit human needs.
We knew that artificial selection is the process of humans selecting desired traits in plants and animals to benefit human needs.
What We Needed to Learn:
What We Needed to Learn:
1). Students need to know that genetic information is stored in genes that are located on chromosomes inside the cell nucleus.
2). Students need to know that difficult ethical issues can occur in regards to genetic testing and alterations.
3). Know what a persuasive argument is.
Products
Products
Copy of Cloning & Against designed babiesCopy of Copy of Science PBL Copy of Science PBL #2Copy of Genetics PBL ProjectCopy of Copy of Genetically Engineered Food FundingCopy of Copy of Why we should fund GMO food -Jackson Warren, Star Winborn, Alana Johnson, Emanuel BennettCopy of PBL SCIENCECopy of Science Crowder/Group 2 PBLCopy of Science PBLCopy of science project Copy of Science project (Crowder)Copy of Genetically Modified Food.What we want to learn next: How has artificial selection changed genetic variations?
What we want to learn next: How has artificial selection changed genetic variations?
Feedback and Reflection
Feedback and Reflection
Please leave reflect on our PBL journey and products using the "I like, I wish, I wonder" protocol in the padlet below.
HOW to use I Like, I Wish, I Wonder ProtocolExpress your thoughts and feedback to your child in sentences that begin with I Like, I Wish, I Wonder. Share all or your likes first, then wishes, and finally wonders.
Some EXAMPLES of how to use the protocol to give students feedback on their process: “I like how you described the use of technology to research new ideas.”“I wish that you would have included more information about possible answers to the driving question.”“I wonder how you could have included coding your project?
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